It was an ordinary day in May 1875 at the Ponderosa, the ranch of the Cartwright family. The men were at work near the herd. Adam and his wife Sally were at home with the twins Mitch and Pam. Their dog Cody and cat Lucky stayed by them too. Besides that Sally was extremely pregnant. Adam was busy near the shed.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Sally walked to the front door and opened it carefully. She saw a blonde woman standing who came in right away.
“What do you want here?”, the woman who listened to the name of Emily Willis asked.
“I am Mrs Adam Cartwright and that are our twins Mitch and Pam”, replied Sally.
“I am Emily Willis and Adam promised me once to get married. Here after we would have a lot of little children”, said Emily.
“Adam is happy with me, the twins and our baby who will be born soon. So he really doesn’t need you”, said Sally.
Emily didn’t trust it and decided to stay until Adam came home. She took place at the settee and made it herself comfortable.
After a while Emily first looked at Mitch and then at Sally.
“I don’t understand why you must look after his children while Adam loves me much more”, said Emily.
“Adam and I just love each other very much and that’s why we got married. It is now also my duty to look after his children”, Sally replied calm.
“Papa has told us about you but he didn’t say that he was in love with you”, reacted Mitch.
Emily noticed that her presence wasn’t appreciated and for that she changed her attitude.
“Sweetheart, I know what it is like to be extremely pregnant because a year ago I gave birth to Adam’s baby. It was an accident but I wouldn’t like to miss him anymore. Shall I stay until the baby is born?”, she asked heartily.
“Why? Are you trying to come between Adam and me? That won’t work anyway”, replied Sally.
She clearly was fed up and Mitch a quick wink. Mitch went outside with Cody and at safe distance the dog got the message.
“Cody, go and get the others”, the young Cartwright said.
Cody ran away at once. Mitch went straight inside again because he didn’t trust Emily.
Pam went to make tea for her parents, brother and herself. Adam happen to be in the kitchen and saw his daughter coming.
“What is the matter?”, he asked worried.
“An ex of yours is inside and she is bothering mom”, said Pam.
Adam went to the living room and found there his wife and son. But Emily. Though the female visitor didn’t see Adam coming but Sally did. By the unexpected visit of Emily Willis and her lies Sally noticed that it had started. Though she didn’t let anything show.
“You aren’t a good hostess”, Emily said scornful.
“Why?”, Sally asked amazed.
“You let your stepdaughter do everything and only because you must have a child of my finance”, replied Emily.
“I am about to give birth and Pam doesn’t mind to help”, Sally said exhausted.
Adam coughed notable and Emily flew a meter into the air of fright.
“What are you doing here?”, Adam asked Emily.
“To get you for our wedding. Your little son wants to see his father. I got him a year ago”, the young woman said.
“We don’t have a son at all and I am already married. So get lost with your lies”, said Adam.
Emily was so insulted that she left right away.
“Adam, the baby comes”, Sally said sighing.
“You go to bed and Pam and Mitch get the doctor”, Adam said calm.
Mitch and Pam went away at once.
Sally wanted to get up but said gasping, “The baby is now really coming. I go to bed. I am having a contraction.”
After the contraction they went upstairs.
When she Laid in bed Sally said, “The contractions are coming faster after each other.”
“Try to relax. I am with you”, Adam said calm.
Sally held his hand very tight and relaxed as much as possible. Though this wasn’t easy. Sally had enormous much pain due to the contractions. She knew that it was needed but she hadn’t counted on it that it would be so bad. Sally laid in bed and Adam sat by her. She went to sit and felt her belly. Adam remained by her and was a great support for her. She felt a heavy urge to push coming up.
“If I ever would get a daughter I had decided to name her Rose”, said Sally.
“Then that’s her name. And if you would get a boy?”, asked Adam.
“Peter”, was the answer.
Sally writhed of pain and screamed it out. She went to lie down and looked at her husband.
“Adam, you must help me because I really cannot stop the push contractions anymore. I feel the baby coming”, she said.
Adam put the blankets away and saw that his wife now really was delivering.
“I will help you”, said Adam.
Sally took a deep breath and began to push. After each push contraction she screamed it out due to the pain.
Half an hour later.
Adam still sat by his delivering wife and supported her as good as possible.
“Adam, I feel the head already”, Sally said gasping.
“Then you are almost there. Just push well because the baby is coming”, said Adam.
Sally began to push and gave birth to a daughter a moment later.
Adam said excited, “Darling, our daughter is born.”
He put the baby by his wife and kissed her with happiness.
“We call her Rose”, Sally said tired but deliriously happy.
The young couple enjoyed the baby.
Meanwhile Cody had reached the others and Ben had stopped the dog.
Cody barked loud and Ben understood it at once.
“We go home at once”, said the rancher.
He called his other sons Hoss and Little Joe and they went with foreman Candy Canaday back to the ranch.
Mitch and Pam rode hurry-scurry to Virginia City to warn Doc Paul Martin. Paul Martin saw the twins coming and knew enough.
“Doc, mom is going to have the baby”, Mitch said gasping.
“I go straight to the ranch”, said Paul.
He left at once, followed by the twins.
While Adam and Sally enjoyed their newborn daughter the others came home. The young parents heard that and looked at each other laughing.
“The peace is gone”, Adam said whispering.
Rose began to cry at that moment whereby she got a lot of visitors. Ben opened the door and saw his newest grandchild.
“Pa, meet your granddaughter Rose Cartwright”, Adam said smiling.
Ben went to sit on the bed and got the baby in his arms. Hoss and Little Joe saw their niece and were also right away fond of her.
“She came very fast and didn’t even want to wait for the doctor. The twins are getting him”, said Adam.
Then the door went open again and Paul Martin came in.
“May I request everyone except the parents and the baby to leave this space”, he said directly.
Ben gave Rose back to Sally and went with his sons downstairs where they heard everything from the twins.
In the bedroom mother and child got examined and declared healthy.
“Adam, your wife and daughter are in perfect good health”, said Paul.
“He was a big and good support during the delivery”, reacted Sally.
The birth of Rose Cartwright meant a new period of joy for her and her family.